, 1887-12-29


/ other portions Of the vein, being
CARBONATE INSTEAD or GALENA,
which so far has been hand sorted
and which has greatly retarded oper-
ations. A mill, however, for dressing
the ore, somewhat on the princi.
pie of Il concentration, has just been
completed which will greatly assist
in the prod uct OF the mine.
A visit to this mine Is the most
interesting OF any in the camp. The
chemical action of the various min
erals on one another, and the semi
smelted condition in Il portion of
the vein, consequent to disturbance
OF the formation, has produced some
very beautiful specimens of crystal
ized silver and lead Of fantastic
shapes and colOrs; some OF them are
of exceeding beauty and value; the
company prizes them very highly.
Their curiosity as a natural product
of Il mine have not their equal in
the world; they are fascinating
sight and a peep at them is coveted
treat.
Passing over the ridge to the
GOVERNMENT GpLCu
side there are several locations on
the vein more or less developed, but
in the hands of the locators. Promi-
nent among them Is the
SILVER KING,
owned by VIM Merry, Geo Gardner
and others, who have developed it
as far as their means would admit.
In this they have run tunnel 200
feet, striking the vein mt a long
angle. 1t shows a perfect fiSsure
and less disturbance than Mt many
other places on the vein. The ver-
tical depth from the grass Is about
sixty feet and has not yet rei ched
the ore chute as 1t appears ON the
every indicat ion that there Is
A LARGE BODY
at no great distances This Is an ex-
vestment; the property is ad dmirably
situated for economical operation,
and the conditions are there, asSur-
ing Il great and profitable mine,
| On the opposite side of the gulch
is the
CROWN POIST-EUREkA,
which give promise of being one of
| the early producers of the camp, but
unfortunately its ownership Is in
| dispute, which has prevented devcl,
opments and seriously damaged its
/ prospects. This exhausts the mat
ter of development of this great vein;
| there are other locations on
I it which for various reasons
I have little or no work
done on them, and which would not
be discrete to mention here, but in
no case because of the dement's Of
J the prospect but which in time will
be developed and be equally as val-
liable as those mentioned.
l have dwelt at some length on the
mines around Wardner, not because
they are greater or more of them
than there are at other places; but
because they were the most recently
discovered and haye reached II
greater stage of development; done
mostly in the last year, and because
they are all on the same vein-al-
most mining phenomena.
Going up the river to It's source in
the Bitter Root range, almost every
gulch furnishes its quota Of mines,
all OF which are making rapid pro-
gress in their developments, and
would have ere this made record
Of their output, had they had ship
| pug ItcIltltS. bUt tHe beSiH HuiIiS
of the new year is the dawning OF
bright future. The echo Of the
locomotive will arouse siumbering
nature in the canyons and oraggy
peaks OF Occur d'Alene. A railroad
has penetrated the solitudes Of Can.
yon creek and the upper South
Fork, and before another year rolls
around the shipments of ore will
speak in unmistakable terms of the
! wealth of Occur d. Alene.
| Occur dAlene is destined to WELD
u mighty influence in the develop.
ment of the Northwest. Railroads
will he built; new and hitherto
unknown country opened up, whose
product will be factor of national
commerce. Mammoth reduction
works will be one OF the necessities
growing out Of the development of
the camp. Next to the mines such
works would do more To make
mighty and wealthy city than any
thing that can be concerned. SpO.
kane Falls is the luckily situated
city, sitting at the gateway of the
richest mineral field In the world,
into whose lap may fall the wealth
of its product il she treats II with Il
kindly regard and arouses herself
to its Importance.
Fl. w. II.